YURI EVSEEV (1933 – 2008)
Yuri Semenovich Evseev was a painter and member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Born in 1933 in the Akmola region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, he spent his childhood, youth, and studies in Karaganda. His first painting teacher was the artist V. A. Eifert. Yuri graduated from the Penza Art College named after K. A. Savitsky. He moved to Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan. Before joining the creative group "saA," he worked primarily in the context of socialist realism. The artist's mature work explores the relationship between Western European and Asian artistic schools in their fundamentally different orientations in terms of spatio-temporal coordinate systems, the role of humans in the environment, and their conflicting approaches to solving colour-plastic problems. Harmony, permeating all spheres of human-space relationships, is an absolute priority for the artist. He discovers this harmony in everything: still life, landscape, and religious culture. The last ten years of his life he lived and worked in Adygea. He has participated in numerous exhibitions. Yuri Evseev's works are held in museums and art collections in Kazakhstan, and a significant portion was acquired by the Almaty Museum.
Winter Oil on canvas, 65 x 90 cm, 1993
Spring Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm, 1993
Summer Oil on canvas, 65 x 90 cm, 1993
Autumn Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm, 1993
Cotton Harvesting Gouache on paper, 33 x 48 cm, 1970s
The Village Baba-Ata No. 2. Kazakhstan Oil on canvas, 1997
Builders Oil on canvas, 105 x 130 cm, 1971
The Village Of Suzaka No. 1 Oil on canvas, 1997
The View From Any Of Our Windows. Construction Site Oil on canvas 105 x 65 cm 1979
The Village Baba-Ata No. 3. Kazakhstan Oil on canvas, 1997
Mine No. 2 Oil on canvas, 60 х 76 cm, 1992
Early Evening Moment. Kum-Kurgan, Uzbekistan Oil on canvas, 83 х 105 cm, 1967
Garnet Oil on canvas 33 x 26 cm 1994
Roses Oil on canvas 1989
Twig Of Thorns In A Blue Vase Oil on canvas 1980
Niece Yulka 10 Years Old Oil on canvas 1989
Withered Bouquet Oil on canvas 1981
Niece Yulka 13 Years Old Oil on canvas 1992
Novgorod Rowanberry Oil on canvas 130 x 80 cm 1972
The Outskirts Of Shymkent. Electrification Of The Entire Country Oil on canvas, 159 x 200
Mine No. 1 Oil and paper on canvas 85 x 97 cm 1972
Karaganda In The Fifties Oil on canvas, 90 x 113, 1971
Kumkurgan N/T (Nature Study) Oil on canvas, 1967
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